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Hi there, I’m new to this forum.
Little Rock Star is the best song on the album. It’s not for sure it’s about a little rock star like Amy Winehouse, Britney Spears or who ever…
It could be about a dad who’s got a wife and kids but loves another woman. Sorry, I’m male, it could be the other way round, too, of course. So, dad is the rock star, the death wish is the woman he loves, talent are his children. So, if he’s death wish is stronger than himself, he looses his family… His latest dish is the same woman as the death wish…Agree???
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That’s a stretch in my opinion, Driver. I think the meaning of the song is much more straightforward.
I believe that Lucinda has said that “Little Rock Star” was inspired by an article she read in Rolling Stone about Pete Doherty.
I know, I agree.
But somehow… a good song is a song that different people could connect to different things… If someone sings about a mansion on a hill… It doesn’t have to be a mansion on a hill for everybody, you know.
I like Driver’s interpretation. It doesn’t really work for me but I can see where he is coming from.
I once heard a Dylan quote that went something like, “I know what I meant when I wrote it. You know what it meant when you heard it. The true meaning is somewhere in the middle.” I think that applies.
Agreed, Philthy. Songs resonate differently for me as years go by, and they take on new shades of meaning as I learn more and experience more in life. I think the best songwriters know how to tap into the universality–sure, “Little Rock Star” may’ve been inspired by one of the crop of young, self-destructive rockers out there, but I can see it applying to any self-destructive person who has never grown up, whether they’re on a stage or working at a 7-11. That Dylan quote sums it up perfectly.
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